Participants of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March trek through the 26.2-mile desert trail March 27, 2011, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorated the original Bataan Death March, which occurred in the Philippines during World War II.

 U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner